It arrived via email. In order to get my bib number and race t-shirt I have to present the email at the expo. Kind of crazy. It's not like I hadn't paid for the entry fee, plane ticket, hotel, etc. I knew it was coming up, but this made it so real. Sunday is "race day". It is only 5 miles, but it starts and ends exactly where the Chicago Marathon does. Strange thing about it is that Sunday is exactly six months until the marathon. Seriously?
I glanced at http://www.weather.com/ to determine what the weather would hold on race day. Not looking so good, especially for this transplanted southerner going to run in the Midwest. Rain showers and a high in the low 50s. Oy vey! What does one wear in that weather to run --- snow is one thing, but rain? I am open to any recommendations.
I exchanged some emails with my Gen, (who graciously offered to pick up my bib and t-shirt, and for which I am quite grateful) who asked me what I was going to wear on Sunday to run. I hadn't given much thought to it. I told her that I presumed I would wear a Michigan hat, Michigan t-shirt, likely a long sleeve Under Armour shirt under the t-shirt, the calf compression sleeves, and I would figure out the rest. After I wrote that, though, I got a little package. I couldn't help but smile once I opened it. I now know the exact Michigan t-shirt that I will be wearing on Sunday (in addition to the half marathon). I took the liberty of taking photos of both the front and back of the t-shirt, respectively.
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| Front of t-shirt. |
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| Back of t-shirt. |
Just a few more days until I'm back in Chicago and running on the pavement. I'm not a religious person, but I'm praying for no rain.
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